tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029005118950130829.post227897470231122355..comments2014-03-31T05:49:26.124-05:00Comments on using a computer without letting it use you: what's newwww!benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760892933309326769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029005118950130829.post-23102935758125002842008-09-19T23:56:00.000-05:002008-09-19T23:56:00.000-05:00Ben!it&#39;s fred from city center.thank you so so...Ben!<BR/>it&#39;s fred from city center.<BR/>thank you so so much for your considerate comment and the link to the radio show. i think you/they are on to something that&#39;s kind of a bigger picture. i mean, there&#39;s entire sections at every record store for re-issues now, and almost all of those reissues are considered &quot;lost classics&quot; or were complete failures commercially at the time of their release. &quot;pet sounds&quot; syndrome. <BR/>I really liked Beaches &amp; Canyons when it came out, but i was way into black dice as a hardcore band who beat up their audience and sounded like a slightly more primal lightning bolt. i was already watching their focus (and maybe a mass mind focus) shift through 7&quot;s and what not from locust-esque hardcore worlds to tone poetry and sound art. bombast being funnelled and refined. <BR/>so maybe it wasn&#39;t written off, per se, but there has been a growing appreciation of that record as &quot;the&quot; record, or a door-opener or some sort of archetypal jam, which it is, but maybe it takes time for those doors to get opened. <BR/>i really appreciate you taking the time to read what i wrote and your work on this blog is pretty rad, too.<BR/>thanks a ton!<BR/>fred<BR/>city centercitycenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643854920327729376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029005118950130829.post-24479458535007663562008-09-18T08:44:00.000-05:002008-09-18T08:44:00.000-05:00Word to our updating our blogs!And word to your mu...Word to our updating our blogs!<BR/><BR/>And word to your musical explorations!<BR/><BR/>I really like the direction you've been taking lately.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03867300814090453169noreply@blogger.com